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It’s a funny old game, investment. Stripped back to the basics, sound investment really is a matter of choosing a company which produces more good news than bad. Most of the the time that is, there are exceptions. Open a release where the company is “pleased to announce“, well, anything...

There’s been some nice price action on an equity I’d almost forgotten I owned in the past few days. Not that I’m running with a portfolio overflowing with holdings, far from it, it’s just that this equity in particular has been a bit of a slow-burner. In my opinion it’s...

As an investor there’s a lot to like about any company that has a sturdy business model. A company designed to prosper in the good times and outperform in the bad. A defensive share that wont lag during a bull market. If you can find a handful of these shares...

The foreign exchange market is the largest financial market in the world, trading around $4 trillion every day. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe invest their capital in various currency pairs, all with one single, shared ambition: to turn a profit. Their goals may be the same, but that doesn’t mean that their...

An Insatiable Appetite for Greenbacks As a currency trader, it is hard not to get excited about what is currently taking place in the forex market. The Federal Reserve Bank and its chairperson – Janet Yellen – have spurred a flurry of bullish investor sentiment vis-a-vis the USD of late. With the American economy in...

Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) are widely acclaimed as one of the most tax-efficient means of saving for your retirement. They have many benefits besides this, from increased flexibility to greater control, but it is the tax boons that draw people more than any other factor. A SIPP could significantly increase the capital you get to...

In the world of forex, a trading platform is a piece of software that relays information on trades between investors and brokers. It provides the former with information including quotes and charts, and relays to the latter the orders that a trader wants to make. Its importance cannot be overstated: the right platform can make...

From October to December of last year, investment in the oil and gas sector hit an all time low, and accompanied with collapsing oil prices, things don’t look good for this industry. Some attribute the lack of investment in oil and gas extraction as a defining factor for oil’s poor performance. Financial analysts are saying...

Much in the way that online shopping is now an integral part of the world of commerce (with UK residents among Europe’s highest online spenders), online trading is now a fully-fledged part of the world of finance. Due to this, if you’re looking to manage your finances, you have to look online as well as...

Thursday 15th January saw the value of Switzerland’s currency soar – just days after bets that the franc would weaken reached record highs. The data has left commentators, forex brokers like FxPro.co.uk, investors, global banks and spectators open mouthed and, in many cases, out of pocket. A Disastrous Combination Tuesday 13th January saw ‘short’ contracts...

Written by Joshua Rodriquez a financial writer for anyoption.com – the worlds leading binary option trading platform. As an investor, market analyst, and writer, I pay close attention to the United States stock market and factors that tell me whether or not to expect it to rise. After analyzing quite a bit of data, I’ve...

In the early stages of a business, or if you own a small business, it can be tempting to handle the day to day bookkeeping activities yourself. Why not? After all there are plenty of off the peg packages available. Though a small proportion of business owners don’t mind doing this kind of work, many...

Find your ‘trading edge’ for maximum long-term profit Trading the financial markets is all about profit, whilst understanding the risks involved with trading – and one independent spread betting provider is encouraging all traders to have a coherent, tried and tested ‘trading edge’, or risk losing out on profits. Core Spreads is a spread betting...

The national headlines have recently been heavily slanted towards the subject of large scale labour immigration into the UK but what has slipped quietly under the radar is the substantial influx of foreign companies into the country in recent years. Leading providers of international tax services like London based accountants, Baker Tilly, have identified the...

In this age of fiscal discipline, controlling cash flow and bad debts is as vital to government finances as it is to businesses so it comes as no surprise that HMRC is in the process of introducing its Real Time Information (RTI) system to immediately pick up on employers who are either being just plain...